K91.31
K91.31: Postprocedural partial intestinal obstruction
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K91.31 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural partial intestinal obstruction. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K91.31 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Postprocedural incomplete intestinal obstruction
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K91.31
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on K91: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K91.31 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›intestine›postoperative›incomplete
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›intestine›postoperative›partial
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.